On 2/26/07, ron minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 2/26/07, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> plan 9 is having trouble keeping the converted. why would
> adding one more layer of goo to the gnu goo stack convert
> the hardened of heart?
Because the first thing that most people say when I show them rio is
'yuck'. And, in most cases, they don't stop saying 'yuck'.Acme does
not help.
Sorry, but most people hate the Plan 9 GUI. It is off-putting enough
that they are not that interested in seeing the beauty of it all.
Regardless, neither rio or acme will work well on a cell phone.
Probably be best off with mux. However, I think we can all agree --
while the underlying infrastructure of the Plan 9 GUI continues to be
innovative and interesting, the GUI itself has never been a focus nor
a strength of the system. I'm not saying we should merge Qt and Gtk
or any of the Linux variants -- I continue to think we need to focus
on our strengths rather than getting bogged down in eye candy.
-eric
